Belleville News Democrat: State/Nation/World http://www.bnd.com/news/state/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2009 Belleville News Democrat State/Nation/World 60 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:35:16 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/1018859.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/1018859.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:00 CST A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying, according to the warrant. Authorities embarked on a nearly weeklong search that ended when the girl's body was found dumped off a rural road. Resort island reels after deadly attack by gunman http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/1017691.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/1017691.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:40 CST The gunman who carried out Saipan's most violent attack in recent memory ended his life on the same rocky cliffs where numerous Japanese leapt to their deaths to avoid capture by U.S. troops during World War II. Homeless Illinois man reclaims confiscated property http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/1018829.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/1018829.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:31 CST Police in Naperville say the Chicago suburb's best-known homeless man has reclaimed his personal property after it was confiscated by officers. Illinois college professor charged with child porn http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/1017584.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/1017584.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:55 CST Federal agents have arrested a college biology professor on charges of using his computer to send images of child pornography. Attorney: Send Mo. teen accused of killing 9-year-old to mental hospital http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/1018623.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/1018623.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:55 CST The attorney for a teenager accused of killing a 9-year-old Missouri girl says his client should be sent to a psychiatric hospital. Here, kitty: Wild cats are out of control in Illinois http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/1019218.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/1019218.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:33 CST In the morning, Mary Valenti would feed her four cats. At night, she would go outside to feed another. Ethics committee: No punishment for Burris http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/1018060.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/1018060.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:20 CST The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Democratic Sen. Roland Burris for misleading investigators about his maneuvering to get Barack Obama's old Senate seat from the governor who was ousted for trying to sell it. Illinois launches online hospital report cards http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/1017585.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/1017585.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:11 CST Illinois has launched an online tool consumers can use to find an unprecedented amount of information on hospitals and surgical centers. Town decides to put Christmas back in its holiday parade http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/1016489.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/1016489.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:21 CST A town on New York's Long Island is hoping for better attendance at its 16th annual holiday boat parade this year by restoring "Christmas" to the event's name. White House at odds with Catholic bishops over abortion http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/1017578.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/1017578.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:57 CST The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.